Shaking the voice or the sound of an instrument. quash’d. QUASH.

To crush; to subdue; as, to quash a rebellion. QUASH.

In law, to abate, annul, overthrow or make void; as, to quash an indictment. He pays judgment of the writ or declaration that the same may be quashed. QUASH.

The act of shaking the voice, or of making rapid vibrations of sound on an instrument of music.